October 10 - Canonization of Father Kolbe, Saint of Auschwitz (1982) Saint Maximilian's Death is a Sign of Victory The inspiration of Maximilian's whole life was the Immaculata. To her he entrusted his
of Africa (Algiers, 1876) - 2000: Canonization of Sister Faustina The Angelus Comes Straight From Saint Luke "In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to [...] be a beautiful gift to the Blessed Mother during the month of May, in thanksgiving for her graces! Saint Louis de Montfort, also, wrote that every time we recite the Angelus, Mary feels the same joy as the
April 7 - Our Lady of Zyrovic (Lithuania, 1432) - 17th Apparition in Lourdes - Saint John Baptist de La Salle (d. 1719) Saint John Baptist de La Salle and Our Lady of Liesse On May 10, 1684, the eve of the [...] of the altar of Our Lady, after celebrating Mass in her honor. In the chapel, later dedicated to Saint John de La Salle, at the far left-hand side of the Basilica, a marble ex-voto recalls this act of
March 19 - Our Lady Fair (Nogent, France) Saint Therese's Thoughts about Loreto This is what Saint Therese of Lisieux wrote about her visit to Loreto on November 13, 1887: "I remember the great sense of
the other saints. When we think of Saint Joseph, we imagine him most of the time with the Child Jesus in his arms or working beside Him in his humble workshop of Nazareth. It is true that Saint Joseph lived [...] March 14 - Our Lady of the Breche (Chartres, France, 1568) Take Saint Joseph as Our Own Adoptive Father Saint Joseph is often unrecognized, not to say unknown, although he is very great in God's eyes. [...] know that Jesus attended Saint Joseph's school for daily work, but we also know that Joseph had the Child God, of whom he was the foster Father, as his own spiritual guide. In Saint Joseph, we admire the
March 9 - Our Lady of Savigny (France, 1112) - Saint Dominic Savio (d. 1857) The Consecration of Saint Dominic Savio Dominic Savio made his First Communion at the age of seven in 1849, and wrote down these
March 19 - Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Blessings on Saint Joseph! Blessings on you, loving heart of Mary, for all the affection that you have for great Saint Joseph! Blessings on [...] on your noble heart forever, Saint Joseph, for all the love that it held and will hold eternally for Jesus and Mary, for all the care that it provided for the needs of the Son and the Mother and for all [...] sufferings, contempt and ill treatment, which it saw them receiving on behalf of ungrateful people! Great Saint Joseph, we offer our hearts to you; bind them to yours, and to Jesus' and Mary's. Beg them to make
January 23 – OUR LADY’S ESPOUSALS Saint Joseph: Image of the Eternal Father’s Purity Saint Joseph is for the Most Blessed Virgin an image of the Eternal Father's purity, who was meant to be the guardian [...] It is impossible to express in words all the respect he had for her. If God the Father chose this saint to give us an idea of his own perfections; if he made visible in him what was hidden in his essence [...] essence from all eternity; if he chose him to make him an image of his own holiness, what idea of Saint Joseph must we form? God gave him his fatherly spirit in abundance; he substantially bestowed on Joseph
September 29 - Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael - Archangels - Feast Day Mary Gives Us the Courage to Go On We may well ask how the Blessed Virgin helps us. She certainly prays for us, and
March 14 - Virgin of Saint Theodore (Russia) - Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (Germany, d. 968), patron saint of large families The Visitation of Mary, for the conversion of Muslims Although
